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A close look at the inner workings of authoritarian power in Russia and beyond, and the forces that could one day transform it: how the Kremlin holds and wields power, why the democratic opposition endures, and what a genuine political renewal would take

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Politics

Who is the right-wing populist in Russia: Putin vs. Navalny

Russian Populism Compared with Fidesz and Law & Justice

Article by Maria Snegovaya Nov 6, 2017
Economics

The Return of the Prodigal Trillion

The August 2017 Sanctions Act and Russian Assets in America

Article by Andrei Piontkovsky Oct 24, 2017
Politics

The horizon ends with Putin’s forth term

Aleksandr Morozov on Putin’s Platform and the Kremlin’s Long-Term Strategy

Article by Alexander Morozov Oct 23, 2017
Politics

Putin’s Friends on the New Political Map of Europe

The Far Right in Europe After the 2017 Elections

Article by Anton Shekhovtsov Oct 22, 2017
Politics

The ghost of Crimea in the Catalan referendum: how to defy claims to independence

Michael Arno on Direct Democracy and Referenda Campaigns

Article by Michael Arno Oct 4, 2017
Politics

The Russian Question in German Elections

The Russian-Speaking Electorate and Relations with Russia in the 2017 Election

Article by Olga Gulina Sep 27, 2017
Politics

Zapad 2017: be concerned, avoid panic

Michael Kofman on Russia’s Strategic Exercise and the Western Response

Article by Michael Kofman Sep 14, 2017
Politics

How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West

Ilya Zaslavsky’s Report for the Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative

Article by Ilya Zaslavskiy Sep 9, 2017
Economics

Conclusions from exposing security threats of Nord Stream-2 and post-Soviet corruption in the West

Feedback from presentations in Washington and six European capitals

Article by Ilya Zaslavskiy Aug 22, 2017
Politics

To hack elections. How to turn a boycott into political instrument

A boycott works only as an organized campaign, not as passive abstention

Article by Grigory Golosov Jul 31, 2017

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